The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-23 00:00:00

COVEAT-GARDEN THEATRE: It is our painful duty to state that the outrageous proceedings. which have so many nights diSgrac . ed the metropolis, were renewed last night with to., creased violence. A vast number of persons attend ed, who bad provided themselves with ati abundance of instruments for the purpose of preventing any thing from being heard but their own tumult. Th6t play was John Bull, with the farce of The Quaker. The moment the curtain drew up, the riot began, consisting of hooting, the din of horns, flappers, rattles, &c. &c. Indeed it is impossible to compare these tumultuous proceedings to any- thing but the • furious excesses of the Parisian mob at the origin of the'Frenth Revolution. We are far from supposing that among the oppptients of the increased prices there were not mail well meaning persons, who stand up for what they consider •as the public right, and re-tist the increase because they think it is not rendered necessary by the state of the Theatre. Such p e rsons / however, are disposed to hear reason, and would be satisfied with a satislattory statement ; but the opposition, or rather the infuriated rioting, that took place last night cattle chiefly from a mul titude of young men atid vulgar fellowS, who had little interest in the question / and who were ac tuated by youthful folly, on the one hand, and dark mischievous designs on the other. ThiSeonclusion is evident from what took place. At the end 'of the second act Mr. KENIBLE 'came forward, bet was obliged to remain a considerable time on the Stage before he could obtain a hearing. A.t length, when something like order took place, he addressed, the audience in the following manner " LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, " I have . a proposal honk the Proprietors of the Theatre to submit to you, it I may have the honour to be heard, which I am in hopes will effectually contribute to the restoration of the public tranquility— (Loud applause.)—Ladies and Gentlem en , the P r & prittors of the Theatre are killing to submit their accounts and their books to a Committee of respect able Gentlemen, 'we° shall--(Damn all Commit . tees, troth the Gallery, and a considerable interrtip• lion ensued from the hisses and howlings of part of the audience.)—To convince you of the rectitude of the conduct of the Proprietor[ of the Theatre towards I shall seggest,if the Grn. the Public, whose nam es llemen will undertake the trouble-:.j submit that the Committee shall consist girlie Govern or o f th e tank of England.—(Great disapprobation,) All I ask ,is a 'candid hearing, and impartial justice. I shall likewise propose the Attorney General of Eng land.—(Cries of " No Sir Vicary- o ff! o ff Francis Baring.—(" No, no.") This proposal wan €0 fair, that if the more liberal part of the audience had not have been overpowered by the clainoars of those who m ust p rev i ously have resolvjd to persevere in their violence, it wouid have made a forcible iniptessioti, and probably have led to a calm decuasion. But the tumult became so great atter Mr. KEMBLE had uttered these words, that it was in vain for hi m to hope fur a farther hear ing, and indeed useless to require it ; as lie could tam be expeeted to make a more jo t preposition than to submit the accounts and books of the Theatre to a Committee,' it not includin g my of the respectable charaEters mentioned last Bight, yet fOrmed of such ?ersons ea the icommunity nugift to fur a just and honourable deciAian. After the rejection of this fair and equitable proposal, it seems now a dif ficult matter to determine what course to adopt ; but unless some means can be devised for putting an end to these shocking proceedings, the"public in general have reason, to be a;arined at the conduct of a set of people who Meet night after night, and net only create a horrid tumult in the Theatre, and do injury to the property, but draw a vast crowd with taut (leers, who. ate ready for any mischief. the fronts of ninny boies wc.re covered with placards, as watch-words for the malcontents. One of the box doors was broke n last night, and one of the beautiful chandelier s . T he covering of many benches in, the Pit was rent off, and the ornamental appendages in various p b arts of the. Theatre were knocked away. forlinlaienccers concluded co d n remained ab out an hour alter the pet.- eluded furth e r mischief. , and th en di spersed w i thout As one of the chief sources of public discontent, which doei not merely prevail *within the walls of the Theatre, arises from the en gagement of CATALANT, we serioumly advise the proprietors to come forward with an assurance' that that engagement is at an end, which may powerfully tend to allay the general storm. Mrs. Stnboto performed at Richmond on Wed inesday Int, being the first night of her engagement at that 'theatre, at 301. per night the prices u p on the occasio n were raised; but, unfortunately for BEVRltheir, the Manager, the receipts of the house amounted only to 311. Madame CA'rALANI, Green-Roorn report says, is to make her first appearance at Covent-Garden Theatre in the part otiginally performed by Signora SE TINT, in The Castle of diratuiusia ; her second character is to be that of Signora SiORACE, in The Cabinet. A letter from Rio Janelto ; dated July contains thefollovilina particulars : "A French ° frigate has just arrived here from the Isle of France as a cartel, with 300 Portuguese pri soners taken from a Portuguese Indiaman. No com munication was allowed between the ship and the Shore, and the Captain was not permitted to land for some days. The inhabitants were greatly alarmed . at the appearance of the French frigate, imagining s h e Ll'aS th:: precursor of a large force, and the for tifications here are not strong. W e have besides but one frigate at the present on this station the remain der being off the Rio Plata, under Admiral De Courcy. The Admiral is however, daily exile felt here.—The stores of the Aganzem-nor; fri ga t e h ave all been saved. " Though the intercourse between this place and the Spanish Settlement of Monte Video is now per fcEtly free and open, we have but few arrivals of consequence from them. This is supposed to be ow ing to the - interrruption which took place in the negociation for a C ommerc i a l Treaty, w hi ch Sir Sidney Smith was carrying on with Liniers at the time of his recall. It is supposed, however, t hat Ad ntiral De Courcy has resu me d the nego t i at i on, and this conjeatire is supported by the circumstance of his continuing so long at the Rio Plata, as this port is the regular station of the Commander in Chief.— tie has already been six weeks absent." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. KINGSCOI E RACES. , • . WEDNESDAY, SBPT. ZO. . Major Pigoi's Plouiliboy, lost. !lb. beat Mr. Doug l as's Ram!,ler, lost. 31b.; the last mile and hall, Sops. h. ft. A Sweepstakes of sgs. each, with bogs. added by the Club. FoUr Miles. Ld Oxford's b. m. Vitoria, s , yrs. lost. ttlb. Sir H. Lippincott's Sorceress, 4 yrs. 9st, gib. Sir J. Hawkins's Rosario, s yrs. t Ist. Col. Draper's Lucilla, 4 yrs. 9st. 13lb. (25 Subscribers.) . I . 2 - 3 - 4 A Sweepstakes of togs. each, with sogs added by the Club. Three Miles. Mr. Goddard's Mountaineer, aged list. izlb. Ld C. Somerset's Cerberus, aged t ist. sib. Sir H. Lippilicott's 13rainworm, aged list. rolb. (9 Subscribers.) • • 2 "" . 3 Fifty Pounds for Horses of a ll denominations ; Heats the last Mile. Mr. Dundas's Stripling, 5 yrs. 1 tar, 41b. - 5 4 4 Major Pigot's Ploughboy, 6 yrs. lost. 't I lb. - 4 1 1 Mr. Douglas's Rambler, 5 yrs. lost. ;lb. - s 2 2 Mr. ‘yorral's b. t. by Kilt Devil, 4 yrs. gst. 51b. 3 3 3 Sir H. Lippincott's Sorceress, 4 yrs. gst.'l3lb. 2 dr, The Welter Stakes'of sgs. each, with :cgs. added by the Club. - Imo-mile beats. Mr. Terret's b.ll. Ferguson, by Overrun, aged Mr. P. Pryse's b. g. by Stickler, 6 yrs Subscr-lbdrs'. LEICESTER RACES, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2.0. I I . 2 2 The Belvoir Stakes of 3gs. each, with zogs. added by the Duke of Rutland. —(11 Subscribers.) Mr. Needham's br. g. by Tickle 'l. - oby t. - I Mr. Vevcr's ch. g. Warwick .. • - 2 COL tto llaston's gr. g Abel. - - - 3 The Gold Cup of tongs. value, by Subscribers of logs. each, thy-surplus paid the whaler in specie (19 Subscribers). Mr. Raw I itisoli's Grimaldi - - a • Lord Lowtheirs Hylas - - - 2 Lird ...l rey's Uustav US - - - 3 The Gentlemen's Purse of Fifty Pounds for all ages. Two mile.hears. Mr. Brown's b. h. Marquis, Sst. 41b. Mr. Williamson's c. h. Gitt. 7st. ►2lb. D. of (tutlancl's b. c. Ned. Sst. 41b Mr.-Boultbee's b. f. Amulet, 7sit.j 3 r 1 2 2 2 3 dr dis. We had every reason to believe that the account we yesterday gave respeaing General REUBELL, was correet, but we feel ourselves bound in candour to insert the following Letter;— TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. "SIR, " General RLuzEtt, did not embark at Ostend, but at Embden, and he arrived at Gravesend about three weeks ago. Government has permitted him to await the arrival of his wife and three children. As soon as his family al - rives, he will set out, for Ame rica. General REUBELL did not defeat the Duke of 131tUNswiOK, as hes been Stated positively in one of the Morning Papers ; there was an engagement tweet) them, in which tie success was nearly equal. The General's Wile might hate been theirieod of Miss PATERSON, as is stated in the Paper alluded to; it is certain that she advised lu-r againf.t the marriage with 'JEROME, and refused to assist at the ceremony. General REUBELL was no greater favourite ofJEROME t loan be was of NAPOLEON the b, si proof of which is, that he never was comprehended in any of the distributions of titles or of estates ; on the contrary, he consumed his own proi.trty in the service. 6uoIAYARTC did, however, distinvish him by giv•. ing him the decoratioh of the Legion of Honour. w•bich he lavished, not otily upon alt the Officers of his Army, but upon all the actors, jugglers„singers, and dancers of the Confederation of the Rhine. " The pcilitiral opinion Of General REUBELL has never varied; the services winch he performed ac quired him the esteem of all the well-disposed people of France, that is to say, of • all who opposed the • then Government ) and - that tvhich exists at present. " The good and unfortunate inhabitants of West phalia-hive been constantly.the objea of the neral's SOlititude, and if' he did not do them all the good be wished, be at least saved them from many evils. " A FRIEND OF TRUTH AND GENERAL REUBELL." The Committee appointed by the Court of Com mon Council to consider the most appropriate man ner of celebrating the Anniversary of his Majesty's Accession to the Throne, on the c2.sth of, October next, have resolved unaniinously to recommend to the Corporation, that they should attend Divine Ser vice on that day, and present a congratulatory Ad dress to 116 Majesty. To this they hate subjoined the expresions of their tumultuous opinion, that it is neither necessary nor expedient for the Corporatibn . to dine together on the occasion: The Lord Mayor will hold a Court on Tuesday neXt, to receive this . Report of the Committee. Yesterday a serious accident occurred fo a young lad of fourteen years of age, of the name of White= head, and in. the service of Mr. Taite, sadler, in Up per Brook-street ; he was sent by his mater for his horse,_a spirited young animal, which stood in Brp ttin Mews, Berkeley -square ; the boy mounted the horse, and in turning into Davies-street from the Square, the animal took fright and ran furiously up \1.1)1,t -street, and in turning into Park-tane threw the boy with such violence, that his skull was frac‘ Lured, arid he was otherwise much bruised. He was conveyed to a surgeon in South Audley-street, with little hopes of recovery. The neighbourhood - of St. James's was; at ten o'clock last night, thrown into great confusion.— Some thieves having got into an empty house in Piccadilly, from which Mr. STOCIDALE has lately removed, they made their way over the tops cf the houses into Duke-street. The alarm. was given from - Situritatwourifs, .watch-maker„ in , Duke street, where they had packed up some carpets, and, other. effe&s. A pursuit was made by several men, armed with sticks, &c. over the houses, when they succeeded in taking two of the villains, as they were dropping themselves down the leads of one of the houses in Piccadilly. They were taken to St. James's watch. house. Last week, Andrew Bryen, conviaed at the last Cumberland Assizes of uttering forged bank-notes, and sentenced to death, but afterwards reprieved ; and M'Lean, sentenced at the Quarter Ses sions to be trarrsported, broke out of Carlisle gaol.-- Preparatory to this, they had, under covert of a quantity or old straw, which lay in the yard, at va rious opportunities, displaced several bricks in the outer wall, in that part Adjoining to Luglish-street, sufficient to admit their bodies. l‘PLean.was al most immediately secured; his companion, though pursued, effeded his escape, and has' not skive ken heard of. HOME MRTIFICATIONS. The immense works erected on that part of the coasts of Kent, which cannot be considered under the protection of our shipping in the Downs, . and which is immediately opposite to that great ren dezvous of the French flotilla, Boulogntt o , are nearly completed ; they begin with the ancient castle of Dover, which from its peculiar strength and elevated situation, has long been considered im pregnable; Government have, however, been em ploy* in construeling subterraneous works, con sisting of three tiers of batteries, casemates, &c. &c. %; , ith barracks for 10,000 men. The height oppo site the barracks is also regularly fortified by flank ing redoubts, bastions, &c. &c. There is also a ci tadel with ditch and draw-bridge, and barracks for 5000 men ; a shaft of a most beautiful and conimo dious tieseription, hiving four different staircases (round and open area which both lights anal .venti lates).communicates with the town, the height of which is upwards of 300 feet. By this shaft it is calculated that 20,000 men might pass from the height, to the town, or vice versa, in a half an hour.. There are also four other oatteries called Guildford's, Townshend's, Amherst's, and Archenffe, so that Dover is now Ore most completely fortified,.except ing Malta and Gibraltar, of any place in the British doinintons and forms a most novel and interesting spedaele to the eye of a stranger. Flow Dover to . Folkestone no works of defence „are neces s ary, as the cliff inaccessible. • Frcm Folkestin:e to Dungeness,forming an ope'n bay of about 20 miles iii hreadih, a great number el mar tello towers are construded, which are of a circular form, bomb proof, and have one gun of a very large calibre ou the top.; they are so distributed that no part of the coast .which is assailable. is without the range of their shot ; thirty men in each might defend theinselves , ,as long as their provision lasted in per fed security.. The old castle of Sandgate haS also been greatly enlarged, and now contains,a number got guns . A redOubt,t onsisting of bomb-proof towers and very formidable outworks, has also been erected at Brockthan's Barn. At Shornchffe there is a battery, called by the name; and at Hythe, Sutherland,' and Moncriet, batteries which, with three others at Dungeness, complete the line of coast. In addition to the above, a milliary canal has been' cut frol) Shot - 116de to near Rye. Much ditference of 'opi nion has arise, a 5 to the utility of this canal, as a. defensive miiitary work ; but thus much is certain, that it opens an easy communication with a pats of the country called the Weald - or Wild of Kent, which, from the badness of its roads, and conse quent ditikulty of getting its produce '(consisting of timber) to market, lids been cut off troni inferconrse wtth the rest of the county, and which this canal will most effectually obvi;ite. It also begins to be of the ino“ essential sert ice for the conveyance of troops and baggage, many regiments having passed from Rye to Hythe, a distance of 25 miles, without fatigue ; and iiiimdiately alter landing, a distance of 15 miles farther by land, without halting, thereby performing a distance of 40 . miles in one, day, saving a great expence to Government; and relieving the inti-keepers‘, who are very thinly scattered in that neighbourhond., 34 014pre‘4 - iiv4i The viliole of the works above described are per formed u the Most substntttial and skiltul manner;' display gipt - science in the engineer department. It is also - rnitter of pleasing reflection, that many of the roads, canals, &c. unite great commercial advantages with vast defensive preparations. , , • The partisans of the Opposition Faa - lion are al- , ways busy in trying to depreciate those whom supe rior talents have placed in situations which are the objeas of their' envy.. One of their new, but hi therto unsuccessful plans, is to stigmatize as up starts the illustrious Family if Wellesley, who n ow deservedly enjoy so great a portion •of their So vereign's confidence. . The following statement will contradid so unfounded a charge. The Melleslevs, originally an English family, have flou rished for many generations in Ireland,; the male line becoming extinct, the property, together with the name, was transmitted to the fatnily of Collev. Sir Dudley Colley succeeded in 11137 to an anciellt baronetage, and was father of Elizabeth, who mar ried Garret,Wellesley, Esq. of - Meath, whose only son, leaving no iSsue, devised his whole estate to Richard Colley, provided he used the name of Wel lesley. Sir Dudley was succeeded by Sir Henry, • who dying 1700, left, by his wife Mary (daughter of Sir Win. Usha) two sons, Henry and Richard.--- , Henry, in . 171 g, married Lady Mary Hamilton,. daughter of James, Sixth Earl of Abercorn, sister of Lady Elizabeth, who married Wm. Brownlow, Esq. M. P. father of Elizabeth, Who married John Vesey, Lord Knapton, father of the late Viscount De Pesee, and of Viscountesses Pery and Northland,. and also of Jane, wife of Sir Robert Staples, Bart. whose daughter married G. Fitz-Gerald, Esq. son . of the late Right Hon. Col. Fitz-Gerald, by his second wife, the sister and co-heiress of Alecia, who married Stephen Cassan, Esq. of Queen's County. 'Richard, the first of the Colleys, Ivho assumed the name Wellesley, was created 1746 Baron Morning ton, and %aS father of Garret, second Lord, who was advanced 1760 to an Earldom. His Lordship married Anne, daughter of Arthur Hill, Ist Vis cohnt Dungannon, and had Richard Colley, K. P. the present Marquis, so created for his signal ser vices and brilliant operations in India; the next son is William, who has annexed the name Pole to his own ; Sir Arthur, K. B. born May 1,176 g, the hero of Talavera, now 'Viscount Wellington ; Gerald is Chaplain at Hampton Court ; and the youngest son, Henry, was lately one of the Secre taries to the Treasury: The following strange circumstance has lately oc curred in the neighbourhood of Bowes:—A man who resided at a remote part of a common near that place, and lived like a hermit, has buried himself alive. He digged his own grave some months ago, and commu nicated his intentions, to only one person. Tile story soon spread abroad, and many persons were induced to g' and see the grave ; but the impression the affair had made, had nearly subsided, and the people's cu riosity was almost satisfied. Last week, however, a Gentleinan who was shooting near the spot, and who had seen the grave before, went a second time, in or der to shew it to a friend, but to their great surprise, they found the In2o dead in it, wrapped in a blanket, with his face downwards. How long he had lain there is uncertain, as be bad not been seen for nearly I a week before. cHELT - ivain , s' arr. - 0 .1, 1. • • . ,•. Notwithktandingthe uncertainty of tl'e wePthei, 6 this charming pi ice continues quite hill . ; many fats unties have Teft us, but they ate soon replaced by fresh arrivals, which are beyond all fernier piece.. dents. His Royal Highness the Duke of OLoDcEs. TER is here on the score of health, lives q! lie pri vate, and has not visited any place of public amuse ment, bring afraid to encounter the damp evenings. Our favourite, Mrs. EDWIN, had her benefit on Tuesday last, which .turned out, as was expeeied, a complete bumper; all the fashionable of Chelten ham, and its vicinity, paid their lespetts to this fascinating'atheSs. Indeed we never !‘ itnessed so crdwdedand*illiant an audience here. The Pl a y and Farce were, The Honey Moon, and Devil to Pay, in which she appeared in Juliana and Nell, both of which she pourtrayed in the happiest style. On the dropping of the curtain the. applause was bounded ; she left us with the utmost regret for her. engagement in London, where there is no doubt but she will meet with that encouragement and support the versatility of her talents merit from a discerning and liberal public. POLICE. MANSION-nous e.--. Yesterday Stephen Buckneli end Sarah franticly were again brought bef.re the Lotto MAVOit, charged with privately stealing ha berdashery from their employers to a considerable amount. It appeared the prisoner Bucknell acted porter or warehouseman to Messrs. Simmons, Pal lister, and Wilkinson, wholesale warehousemen, No. 3c, St. Paul's Church-yard ; and the prisoner \Yardley, as cook-maid to Mr. Blundlc„ haberdasher, in Bishopsgate-street. This robbery was miraculously found out, else it might have been carried on to a much greater extent. Mr.Thlendle having given his conk leave to go out on . Sunday, by chance discovered in the kitchen drawer a small parcel, containing new purses, &e.&c. all of which had the private mark of Simmons and Company, which he knew, from having had goods from them, and knowing their porter wasac (painted with his cook, suspected how they came there, and upon examining one of the private marks was convinced of the justness of his suspicions. Upon sending for an officer apd searching her box a great many shawls, lace, and other goods were touted in it, the property of her master, some.of the lace of ialue of a guinea a yard. Mr. Mister and Mr. Wilkinson attended, and told his Lordship that ahont three months since the Prisoner Bucknell had been very strongly recommended to them from the coun try to get him a situation, as a young nun Of very respectable connections; tlett frOtn that they hal taken great-pains to recommend him, and at last an opportunity offering, they had taken him into their house, assuring him of every encouragement while he continued to deserve it. That they had no reason to suspect him till this discovery, when a constable searching him and his box, found upon hiM several false keys, which opened their warehouse, wine cel 11r, and trunks in the -house, from which goods of every description were taken ; likewise on his per son a number- of paembrokerfr duplicates fir good 4 stolen. Several of the pawnbrokers attended with the property, which was sworn to, amounting to abot e 2001. The Prisoners said nothing in then' defence. -,-They were remanded for further exami• nation. UNION-HALL.—Yesterday Elizabeth Pollard was examined a second time. A number of persons al tended, whom she had honoured with claims of affi nity, and -whom she had visited at'-different. times; amongst them was a servant of Mr, Parker, Hop-fac tor, in Union -street, from whose statement it qpear ed, that the prisoner - called .at Mr. Parker's house, a few Sundays since, and enquired for Mr. Parker ; on being informed he was not at home, she expressed great disappointment at not being fOrtunate enough to meet her brother, and pleading fatigue,, said, she would sit down and rest herself a few minutes, and. going into-the parlour, she desired the servant would get her a glass of table-beer; she did so, and a few minutes after, hearing her coming down stairs, she went to meet her: She said she would stay no longer, and desired the witness would open the door; the witness let her out, and. on going into the parlour immediately afterwards; she dis - covered, that of four table spoons,w hie!) were lying on the sideboard when the prisoner came in, she had conceived an affeetion for two. Several other persons recognized her, but 23 they did not reside in Siirrey, their depositions were not taken. Amongst them was Mr. Keene, of Tavistock street, Covent;Garden, at whose house the prisoner, on the credit of being Mrs. Keene's sister, had 'bor rowed a pair of table spoons and a silver pepper-box, with a shawl of Mrs. Keene's to wrap them in. She has conferred similAr marks of affeaion on several other relations. She is a genteel young woman, about 19 years old, was always remarkably well dressed and generally seleded Sunday for visiting her friends, that :being the day least likely to find them at home. She was remanded for another examination on Wed nesday next. MARLBOROT.:OI-1-STRET.—A man, who was for merly stripped of his Clergyman's gown, and suf fered two years imprisonment in the House of Cur reaion, for a criminal assault on a boy, was yester- Jay brought to this OfiSce, from St. George's Watch house, for a criminal assault, with intent to commit a detestable offence on a coachman. The depraved defendant was charged at the watchhouse with hav ing committed the assault an the coachman, in South street, at a late { hour, and he was taken by the as sistance of another person. Early yesterday morn ing the prosecutor was sent for to the watch-house, where he was met by some of the friends of the wretch who was charged, and the cons , quenee was, he did not attend to prosecute, and the defendant was discharged. The Magistrate ordered a warrant for the apprehension of the prosecutor. The following promotions have taken place, and will, we understand, appear in the Gazelle of this night :—Lieutenant -*General the Hon. EDWARD FINCH, froth the 54th Regiment, to be Colonel of the 221 Foot, vice CRAIG H, to the Stith ; Lieute. Want-General JAMES Lord FORBES, from th e 94th Regiment, to be Colonel of the 54th, vice FINCH to , the 22d; Major-General BALDWIN LEIGHTON, from the 46th RegiMent, of which he was Lieute nant-COI., to be Colonel of the 94th, vice F 0112115..